Facts about UWG Students
Enrollment
9,622 Undergraduate Students
1,878 Graduate Students
84.5% of undergraduate students are full-time students.
29.2% of graduate students are full-time students.
22.7 - average age of all undergraduate students
21 - average age of full-time undergraduate students
85% - of undergraduates are under age 25.
35.2 - average age of graduate students
25.5% are from Metro Atlanta. (Cobb, Clayton, Dekalb, Fulton, & Gwinnett Counties)
14.8% are from Carroll County.
9.7% are from Coweta County.
9.1% are from Douglas County.
37.5% are from 122 other Georgia counties.
2.2% are from 38 other states.
1.1% are from 51 other countries.
28% of undergraduates live on campus.
68% of new freshmen live on campus.
30-35% of undergraduates live in off-campus student housing.
30-35% of undergraduates live at home with families.
57.6% of undergraduate applicants to UWG were accepted.
54% of new freshmen received the HOPE scholarship.
502 - average SAT Critical Reading (Verbal) Score of entering freshmen
496 - average SAT Math Score of entering freshmen
482 - average SAT Writing Score of entering freshmen
2.93 - average high school GPA of entering freshmen
62.5% - Female
37.5% - Male
60.9% - White
25.2% - African American
8.1% - Race Undeclared
3.1% - Hispanic/Latino
1.6% - Asian
0.7% - Two are more races
0.4% - American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.1% - Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
Information above based on Fall 2009 students. More detailed information about UWG students is in the Fact Book, produced by the Office of Institutional Research & Planning (http://www.westga.edu/~irp/)